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Story Lab: Writers Write

I chose to look around the Writers Write website. It offers advise to writers, writing courses, and writing motivation. One of the articles I most enjoyed was "45 Ways to Avoid Using the Word 'Very.'" I thought the quote it started with was very funny:

"Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to use the word 'very;' your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be." -Mark Twain

The article then gives a chart with adjectives commonly used after the word "very" and then gives a word that means "very (insert adjective)." Sometimes when I am writing, one of the harder parts is picking strong adjectives; this chart gives me a go-to list.

I also liked the article "20 Myths to Use as Writing Prompts." The articles does not give specific stories to base your writing off, like I usually do for this class, but rather gives general myths to use as a starting point. A few of the ideas I thought were most interesting were "Write a myth to explain why the moon changes shape" and "Write a myth to explain how bees got their sting."

I thought this website was helpful because it has resources for different types of writing. While I mostly looked at the Creative Writing part for this class, there was also information about Business Writing, Blogging and Social Media, and Miscellany.

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